The freshmen’s attitudes towards using videos in reading class

Ngo Nhat Phuong Quynh and Tran Thanh Phuong ()
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Ngo Nhat Phuong Quynh: Ngo Nhat Phuong Quynh is an English lecturer at Van Lang University. She holds an M.A in TESOL and Linguistics from Benedictine University. She has taught English for 8 years. Her areas of interests are blended learning in Listening and Reading. Email: quynhquynh.nn56@gmail.com, Vietnam
Tran Thanh Phuong: Tran Thanh Phuong is an English lecturer at Van Lang University. She holds an M.A in TESOL from Edith Cowan University. She has taught English for 6 years. Her areas of interests are blended learning in Listening and Reading. Email: ptran0701@gmail.com, Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2023, vol. 13, issue 2, 97-110

Abstract: Implementing video clips on enhancing university students’ reading skill have been popular in Vietnam. This study aimed at exploring the effects of employing video clips in reading improvement of English-majored freshmen from their perspectives. What is crucial here is whether applying video clips to teaching and can boost the learners’ reading performance or not as well as how profound their upgrade in reading is. For this study, the quantitative approach as well as accumulating data were applied to investigate the students’ perceptions regarding the cons occurred when applying video clips to the development of their reading skill. To collect data for the study, fifty first-year English majors took part in the online questionnaire regarding the reading performance after reading period by video clip assistance. The findings reflect that the majority of the students had a positive attitude towards utilizing videos in acquiring the reading skill. As a result, with the implementation of videos in reading classes, students were motivated to engage in reading activities. Additionally, teachers are encouraged to make use of the online video sources to increase the students’ motivation and engagement in acquiring reading skill.

Keywords: reading performance; the learners’ improvement; video clips (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.13.2.2284.2023

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